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Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Dr. Omond M. Solandt

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. Omond M. Solandt at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Norman K. Cram, University Secretary, waits at left to hood recipient. J.W.T. Spinks, University President, seated at far right.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Omond McKillop Solandt (1909-1993) was a Canadian scientist who was the first Chairman of the Canadian Defence Research Board.

University of Saskatchewan Women's Basketball Team - Group Photo

Oval-shaped posed indoor image of six team members in uniform and caps. Players (back row, l to r): Rhoda Scholar Russell (Robertson), BA '19; Nellie Ann Railton (Partridge), BA '20. Front row: Beulah Bridgeman (Hay), BSc '19; Edith Maud Hartt (Stephenson), BA '20; and Christine Sinton, BA '20.

Bio/Historical Note: Green and white were established as the official colours of U of S sports teams in 1909-1910 by Reginald Bateman, a native of Ireland and the first English professor at the University of Saskatchewan. But the Huskies name did not appear at that time. Teams were generally referred to as “varsity” or “the green and white” when they played or appeared in media. The name Huskies was included in an article in the 20 September 1932 Star-Phoenix: “The Varsity Stadium yesterday morning saw the advance guard of over twenty gridiron Huskies swing into action.” The origin of the Huskie name is unclear. One of the earliest images of players wearing sweaters with ‘Huskies’ on across the front was in the 1932-1933 Greystone yearbook, showing the men’s hockey team in uniforms with the new name. By 1937 women’s teams were generally referred to as Huskiettes.

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Maurice Lebel

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Maurice Lebel at spring Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Saint-Lin, Quebec, Maurice Lebel received a BA in 1928 from Université de Montréal and an MA in 1930 from Université Laval. In 1931 Lebel received a Diplôme d'Études Supérieures in language and classical literature from the Sorbonne. In 1932 he received a Diploma in language and English literature and a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1935 from the University of London. He received a Ph.D. in education in 1952 and a D.Litt. from the University of Athens in 1957. From 1937-1975 Lebel was a professor of language and Greek literature at Université Laval. From 1957-1963 he was the dean of the Faculty of Letters. From 1963-1964 he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada (he was made a Fellow in 1947) and was awarded the Pierre Chauveau Medal in 1962. In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1994 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Lebel died in 2006 at age 96.

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Jean Papineau-Couture

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Jean Papineau-Couture at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Registrar, stands at far left.

Bio/Historical Note: Jean Papineau-Couture was born in 1916 in Montreal. He was the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. He began piano lessons in 1922 with his mother, Marie-Anne Dostaler. Papineau-Couture first studied privately in Montreal with Gabriel Cusson before entering the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf where he received a BA in 1937. He then attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he received a Bachelor of Music in 1941. Papineau-Couture studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Returning to Quebec, Papineau-Couture's teaching career started in 1946 when he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he stayed until 1962. Papineau-Couture also taught in the Faculty of Music at the Université de Montréal. He was named vice-dean in 1967 and dean from 1968-1973. Two of his notable pupils were François Morel and Pierre Rolland. In 1962 Papineau-Couture was awarded the Calixa-Lavallée Award. In 1968 Papineau-Couture was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1993. In 1989 he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Papineau-Couture received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1994 for his contribution to classical music. He died in 2000 in Montreal.

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - William R. Lederman

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an hoourary Doctor of Laws degree to William r. Lederman at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: William Ralph Lederman was a Canadian constitutional scholar and the first dean of Queen's University Faculty of Law. Born in 1916 in Regina, Saskatchewan, he received a LLB from the University of Saskatchewan in 1940. Lederman was a Rhodes Scholar and a Vinerian Scholar where he received a BCL. From 1949-1958 he taught at Dalhousie University. In 1958 he became the first Dean of the Queen's University Faculty of Law. Lederman was in this post until 1968 and continued to teach in the faculty until the 1980s. He was constitutional adviser to Ontario Premier John Robarts between 1965-1971. In 1981 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Lederman died in 1992.

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Eugene A. Forsey

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws egree to Eugene A. Forsey at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Eugene Alfred Forsey PC CC FRSC (1904-1991) served in the Senate of Canada from 1970 to 1979. Forsey was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Mr. Justice F.A. Sheppard

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Mr. Justice F.A. Sheppard at Convocation held at Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Mr. Justice Frederick Anderson Sheppard was born in 1890 in Belwood, Wellington County, Ontario. He graduated in Arts (1912) from the University of Toronto and in Law (1916) from the University of Saskatchewan. After practicing law in Saskatoon from 1916-1928, Mr. Justice Sheppard joined the College of Law in the U of S, where he was professor of Law for the next ten years. He moved to Vancouver and in 1955 was appointed to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. Mr. Justice Sheppard retired in 1965 and was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the U of S in 1967. Fred Sheppard died in Vancouver in 1980 at age 90.

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - William S. Kirkpatrick

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to William S. Kirkpatrick at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: William Stafford Kirkpatrick was born in 1903 in Kingston, Ontario. He received his education at Upper Canada College, the Royal Military College and the University of Toronto. He joined the staff of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada as a junior engineer in 1926, and played a leading role in the development and operation of many processes important to the growth of the company. Kirkpatrick advanced through positions of increasing responsibility to the post of chairman, president and chief executive officer. In the 1950s Cominco was involved in the expanding Saskatchewan potash industry. Kirkpatrick died in Vancouver in 1984.

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